Shitbricks

This is what I have so far! And it will also have writing too! (+ ITS ALL GRAYSCALE BY THE WAY)

also heres the inspo for the fhfif x eene drawings but IDK THE ARTIST PLEASE TELL ME WHO THEY ARE I LOVE IT

Asriel is a bit older in Heartfell when he first meets Chara, I'd say about 16. The innocent soft boy we know is long gone - he struggles with a short temper, insecurity, depression and MAJOR daddy issues. He doesn't know how to fit in with others and rather keeps to himself. He is awkward in social conversation and can appear as rude and standoffish without meaning to.

He's jaded from a lot of isolation and mental health issues, but core Asriel is still there. Maybe he just needs a friend. Perhaps a best friend?

i've seen people use this scene for a lot of interpretations but i personally always saw it as asriel choosing to accept chara despite their flaws. he spent god knows how long clinging to what was essentially just a concept to try and comfort himself, making chara out to be an ideal best friend who was always right about practically everything and whose presence could've solved everything when that wasn't the case. chara was a traumatized and clearly unwell child, just like how asriel is now, definitely not someone to be placed on a pedestal and imitated. even during their lifetime, chara was likely idolized by other monsters aside from asriel if asgore's whole "you are the future of humans and monsters" paired with the prophecy is anything is anything to go by, and that likely fed into their mindset which lead to their plan with the buttercups.

asriel may wish that frisk was his best friend, knowing that likely things would've turned out better if they were there instead of chara. it wouldn't be wrong for asriel to be disdainful and unforgiving of chara, similarly to how you can choose to neither forgive nor comfort asriel. you aren't painted as a bad person for it as asriel *did* hurt people, even if a lot of that was erased via resets. even during the game he can outright kill asgore before your eyes, and likely kills frisk multiple times on the average playthrough as well. similarly, regardless of what chara's intentions were, they were the one that led asriel to his death via pressuring him into following their plan, even if they did have pure intentions.